Release Notes for Intel(R) Manycore Platform SW Package for Linux* Release Release Version: 1.3.2 Wed 05/25/2016 NOTE: This document refers to systems containing the following Intel(R) products: Intel(R) Many Integrated Core (MIC) Architecture, Intel(R) Xeon Phi(TM) Processor X200 Product Family *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others DISCLAIMER: Intel is making no claims of usability, efficacy or warranty. The license.txt contained herein completely defines the license and use of this software except in the cases of the GPL components. This document contains information on products in the design phase of development. The information here is subject to change without notice. Do not finalize a design with this information. The code contained in these modules may be specific to the Intel product line Intel(R) Xeon Phi(TM) Processor X200 Product Family and is not backward compatible with other Intel products. Additionally, Intel makes no commitments for support of the code or instruction set in future products. Table Of Contents 1. Technology Previews 2. Changes 3. Known Issues 4. Resolved Issues 1. Technology Previews in this release Preview # Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change number: 0000001 Component: Offload Over Fabric ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Changes ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change number: 0000001 Component: Offload Over Fabric Description: Added basic OmniPath support to OOF ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change number: 0000002 Component: Offload Over Fabric Description: industry-standard applications can be executed with OOF ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change number: 0000003 Component: OS Description: synced kernel with latest RHEL 7.2 security updates ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change number: 0000004 Component: Tools Description: HPCG support (experimental) added to micperf ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change number: 0000005 Component: Tools Description: sysdiag can run without turbostat ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Change number: 0000006 Component: Tools Description: memkind library no longer needs systemd service to detect high-bandwidth memory ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Known Issues ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Tracking ID: 0001418 Affected OS: CentOS 7.2, RHEL 7.2, SLES 12, SLES 12 SP1 Description: [Installation] building from SPEC files not working Notes: Will be fixed in a future release ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Tracking ID: 0001411 Affected OS: RHEL 7.2 Description: [Installation] unable to build MPSP from source RPMs Notes: Investigating ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Tracking ID: 0001345 Affected OS: RHEL 7.2 Description: [Offload Over Fabric] COISysGetL2CacheCount and COISysGetL2CacheIndex return incorrect information on KNL Notes: Will be fixed in a future release ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Tracking ID: 0001246 Affected OS: RHEL 7.1 Description: [Tools] less than expected PC6 residency with turbostat Notes: Investigating ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Tracking ID: 0001343 Affected OS: RHEL 7.2 Description: [Tools] make sysdiag greps case insensitive Notes: Will be fixed in a future release ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Tracking ID: 0001262 Affected OS: SLES 12, SLES 12 SP1 Description: [Tools] mcelog service is disabled on SLES Notes: Investigating ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Resolved Issues ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Tracking ID: 0001305 Description: [Documentation] Update installation instructions ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Tracking ID: 0001172 Description: [Offload Over Fabric] SEGFAULT at the end of execution ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Tracking ID: 0001165 Description: [Tools] Enforcing MLS SELinux policy causes hwloc not to detect MSC ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Tracking ID: 0001182 Description: [Tools] sysdiag crashes when floating point values are encountered ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Tracking ID: 0001196 Description: [Tools] Sysdiag reports the procesor watt usage as memory usage and viceversa. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Tracking ID: 0001195 Description: [Tools] Sysdiag shows warning message Cannot parse frequency